Chapter 1646 1646 Follow-Up of the Battle

In the fourth week of September in 1996, this was a week that went down in history. The first film in North American film history with a box office exceeding 500 million appeared, the first film in global film history with a box office exceeding 1 billion, and the first film in North America sold in a single week. The single that exceeded 500,000 appeared, and the world's first single that sold 3 million in a single week appeared...

The buzz and prosperity of this week has had an immeasurable impact on the entertainment industry worldwide, with the reflex arc going on two decades later.

After experiencing the thrills and excitement of the Battle of the Century in the fourth week of September, although the media still paid great attention to the follow-up development of the Battle of the Century, the enthusiasm of ordinary people was dissipating little by little. The energy is concentrated in the first week, and it is difficult for the next competition to generate further suspense; what's more, people need to re-store energy for the upcoming final battle of the battle of the century - album war - reserve energy, Then join in the spree of this showdown that will definitely go down in history.

In the first week of October, the frenzy that has not completely dissipated can still be felt in the air. This week's Billboard singles chart was announced for the first time. On the one hand, the next week's chart was still affected by the battle of the century. , but on the other hand, it depends more on the quality and reputation of the single itself, which is not much different from the music and movie markets.

The final list is almost without any suspense.

"Young. Volcanoes" relied on extremely strong word-of-mouth and popularity, and easily swept 480,000 sales again. Although this data has plummeted by more than 50% compared with last week, it is so impressive. The fierce data still makes everyone dislocate their jaws.

The weekly sales volume of 480,000 is the best weekly result in the North American music market except for the Iron Triangle of the Battle of the Century last week in the long history of music! However, this is only the sales data for the second week of "Young Volcano". The power of glory to death is so powerful that people can't open their eyes, and they can only kneel on their knees and worship.

The single "Young Volcano" made history without any suspense and easily completed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard singles chart, which also proved the extraordinary status of Glory to Death. After winning the first victory of Glory to Death, the momentum of Glory to Death rose instead of falling, and it went higher and higher. Stimulated by the news that the tour was about to kick off, the support of the young volcanoes for this single reached an unprecedented height. Let the world really face up to the energy and enthusiasm of young volcanoes!

In fact, not only the sales volume has been swept away, but also in terms of radio demand rate, "Young Volcano" has surpassed the most powerful competitor "Sweetheart" and achieved incredible dominance.

Last week, due to the just opening of the Battle of the Century, the three singles of the Audio-Technica Triangle did not have an advantage in the demand rate, and the ranking of the three singles was outside the 20th place - this is already very good for the brand-new single that has just been released. After the brewing and precipitation of the battle of the century this week, the on-demand rate of the three singles began to rise rapidly, including those listeners who did not plan to buy the single at all, but were just curious about the battle of the century. They were also broadcast on the radio.

Although "Young Volcano" is killing all parties in terms of sales, in terms of radio demand rate, the weak mass base caused by the type of music makes it difficult to have an advantage in the face of "sweetheart", and the development curve of the final radio demand rate This is also confirmed by the side. "Sweetheart" achieved a slight advantage from Monday to Thursday, always ahead of "Young Volcano", but in the last three days of this week, "Young Volcano" relied on strong word of mouth. Counterattack, finally defeated a number of opponents, and became the champion of this week's radio on-demand rate.

From sales to on-demand, "Young Volcano" has achieved a comprehensive lead, continuing the strength of the Battle of the Century.

Likewise, this week's No. 2 spot on the Billboard Singles Chart killed suspense early on, with Mariah Carey's "Sweetheart" securing the No. 2 spot for the second week in a row.

Although she was completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with "Young Volcano", Maria, as one of the most attractive female singers today, "Sweetheart" still made countless people's eyes shine, and the next week swept 22 10,000 sales, the performance is definitely worth celebrating, and this week's radio demand rate is in third place - this week's runner-up is the popular Spanish dance song "Macarena", enough to guarantee "Sweetheart" "Beat all the other competitors and take the runner-up position.

But all this is a shame for Maria, not only because this week's sales were only 220,000, plummeting by 70%, although it is bound to include the abnormal eruption of the Battle of the Century, but compared to the "young volcano" After the drop, it proved that the audience reputation of the single "Sweet Heart" was far less than expected.

At the same time, because the gap between "Sweetheart" and "Young Volcano" has actually widened, facing the powerful impact of glory to death, Maria can be said to be almost powerless to fight back and completely defeated, even more than a year ago. When "Fantasy" lost to "Apologize", it was still embarrassing. The battle of the century intensified, exaggerated, and refined the gap between singers, making Maria a complete defeat. The supporting role of "Young Volcano" was absolutely unacceptable to Maria.

Maria recently appeared in various programs in order to promote "Sweetheart" and also to promote her new album. It can be seen from her words and deeds that she is determined to win the upcoming final battle of the Battle of the Century. Will compromise easily, and has a strong faith in victory over glory to death.

Indeed, albums and singles are two different things. Some people can achieve success with singles, but album sales are always tepid. Katy Perry is one of the typical representatives. There are people whose singles are really mediocre, but album sales always do wonders, like Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

As the most appealing pop music representative singer in the market at present, although the album pulling force of the rock force cannot be underestimated, Maria still has a huge advantage against Glory to Death. At this time, people realized that although the competition between Glory to the Dead and Maria continued for a long time, the two singers never started a head-to-head confrontation on the album, which made people full of expectations for the next development of the battle of the century!

Oasis' "Do You Know What I Mean" was No. 3 on the Billboard Singles Chart this week, so there's not much suspense about the answer, but the single also dropped more than 70 percent, and Maria can definitely be called a difficult brother, and finally achieved a weekly sales of 130,000. Although it easily defeated other competitors and firmly held the third place, the gap between them and Glory to the death became more and more. big.

In this rock competition in North America, Glory to Death defeated Oasis with an absolute advantage. This may not mean that the current advantage of new metal rock has been completely inclined to Glory to Death, nor can it represent the Glory to Death and Oasis Band. The status is different; but it can definitely represent the huge influence in North America today, and it has become the rock band with the most appeal and discourse power after Nirvana.

It can be said that the Oasis Band lost face and heart in this duel, so they "flee" back to London in a panic, but this is only relative to their duel with Glory to Death. In fact, If compared to Oasis themselves, the battle of the century has truly established their status as the leading figures of British rock - although the single sales of Oasis was further widened by the glory of death the following week, but the gap between them and Maria The gap is decreasing rapidly.

It can be seen that the football hooligan style of Oasis has not stopped the development of new metal rock towards more and more simplification and more common people. It is one thing to lose to glory to death, but they themselves It's another matter to represent the development direction of rock and roll. "Do you know what I mean?" The results achieved in the following week are still outstanding, and this is the best proof. It is foreseeable that, following the showdown of singles, the showdown of albums will push the differences and contradictions in the future development of new metal rock to the peak.

The top three on the list in the first week of October remained unchanged. This week, "Macarena", which firmly held the runner-up position in the radio on-demand rate, was still highly popular, but due to the disadvantage in terms of sales, it still dominated. the runner-up position.

To be more precise, due to the typhoon tail of the battle of the century, the entire market seems to be calm, and only the original tenth place in the top ten is "Where. Do. You. Go" (Where. Do. You. Go) has risen At the seventh place, this song sung by the male electronic dance music group No Mercy (No. Mercy) was born last year. It took over the electronic dance music banner after the decline of disco, and its rise is amazing. .

In addition, all the members of the top ten have not changed. From this small detail, you can also feel the long influence of the battle of the century. Even if the first week of competition is over, the dominance of the Iron Triangle is still continued. At this time, people are even more curious about how long such dominance can last, when will the Iron Triangle start to fall behind, and when will the final album battle of the battle of the century be staged?

In the second week of October, "Young Volcano" once again swept 290,000 sales - the third week's sales figures were still the highest single-week sales of the best single "Wonderwall" so far , Objectively speaking, the mass base of "Young Volcano" is difficult to compare with "The Wall", but this single relies on the strong support of young volcanoes, as well as the explosive chemical reaction of the battle of the century. Three weeks to rewrite a new history of the North American music market.

This makes people have to think of "Independence Day".

"Young Volcano" easily won the Billboard singles chart for three consecutive times, which seems to indicate that the aftertaste of the battle of the century will not dissipate any time soon.